Aidan63

Karen Young and Michel Donato ?

LaBella low tension flats are available in medium scale; there may be others

But you have had work done on it after buying it ? Was this approved by the vendor, or done by the vendor ?

I just fitted some medium scale tapewounds to a CV FSR Mustang, all bar the E string are on the posts on the silks with the silks finishing roughly level with the string tree button, the E string is nearly 1 wind on the post beyond the silks.

afaik Fender don't make a Mustang specific string and it seems like they fit long scale strings cut to length from the factory, certainly on the Squiers

just get a set of covers, work to those dimensions and fit the pickups inside the covers - probably best to use the covers with no pole piece holes like these then you can swap pickups inside the covers to your heart's content should you chose

Ebay link

And this months Guitar Anatomy build winner is

11 hours ago, tauzero said:

 

An ant writes: I don't think there is any sonic advantage to either method - none of my basses have pickguards and the pickups all work fine, OTOH Precisions are well thought of for some reason and hanging the pickup off the pickguard doesn't seem to harm their sound. Have you considered a sliding pickup, a la Gibson Grabber or Westone Rail? Perhaps run a length of 2020 Al extrusion up each side with T-nuts for the pickup to secure to and star knob bolts to allow easy moving and securing in position.

I think you mean Mustang not Precision bass, PB has the pickups sat on foam with height adjusted by wood screw into body, the foam is pushing the pickup away from the back of the body, the screw is pushing the pickup cover, and hence the pickup, down towards the body. Mustang bass the pickups are hung from the pickguard with springs (or rubber tubing) over the machine screws between the back of the guard and the top of the pick up cover so by adjusting the length of the machine screw you adjust the height of the pickup relative to the pick guard.

Surely as you are a private individual you just give them your National Insurance number - they now have to collect data and share it with HMRC, if you sell more goods than the threshold, and make a profit it has to be declared, one of the low hanging fruit HMRC have decided to tighten up on on behalf of the government in order to maximise tax take without being seen to be raising taxes

Don't cancel the sale, just let the buyer know you are having to resolve this with reverb first before it all can complete, they should be patient

is it routed under the pickguard for a neck pickup ? 

@lee650

cutting fluid saves your tools from wearing out prematurely, and can make cheap tools (aren't they all now) actually useable - damp swarf is also less mobile so you get fewer bits in your clothes etc...pricking you, or being spread around the house, in your, the kids, or the pets skin

I'm sure Jack Bruce gave as good as he got dealing with his d1ck of a drummer when the latter was drunk or hungover (ie most of the time)

is it residue or is it where maybe solder was spilt and removed but has when hot changed the moleular structure of the plastic due to heat and flux?

if rubbing alcohol didn't touch it it is probably there for good

Looking forward to the tone experiments with different material reinforcement strips 🙃

I think you'll find they have all been sold out and won't be coming back into stock

4 hours ago, TheGreek said:

Isn't this one of the Sx neck through range?

it's a bolt on neck

I wonder if they were going to get into bed with Spector at that point but Spector went with another builder, the Euros are made in the Czech republic now aren't they ?

4 minutes ago, rwillett said:

 

May I add my name to list for the next turn please? Is it like the pool table at the pub, do I need to put £1 down?

it's only 50p in our local

3 hours ago, TRBboy said:

So, I've had a chat with Gregor Fris, and he said he will pass on the concerns around communication to Holger. They are aware that they're having an issue dealing with emails, and are working on improving that. 

 

Although I know it may not suit everyone, he said the best way to contact currently is via FB or Insta - it is a separate team dealing with these enquiries, including himself I believe, and probably Marc Stranger-Najjar. If you message Sandberg socials, you will certainly get a quicker response.

Thank you for getting involved and getting a response, though surely Gregor has better things to do. Why are they prioritising social media comms, with a separate team dealing with those enquiries ? if they know there's an issue they should address that as the priority surely - do the basics first.

Instagram and faceache, are the fluff on top of a serious business model, not a substitute for or the basis for one, imho of course. 

I've decided to spend my money with a UK business, it's a bit of a poor show that we consume so much and make so little really, the UK should really have a robust musical instrument manufacturing business landscape, there's enough people to support one, and enough imaginative people to create the products, and plenty of people who would rather make things other than fast food, I am sure.

3 hours ago, ead said:

 

For those who like the TT I would heartily recommend an ACG Graft J Type.  About £300 cheaper than the Sandberg and beautifully built and finished in the UK.  Here's mine:

 

looks great but 34" scale only......for now

mine look and measure like no 4 raised head phillips head screw 7/16" length, but I can't be sure (measure approx 2.8mmx11mm)

most guitar pickup screws are listed on Ebay as 3mm x 12mm which should fit just fine, I tend to use stainless for replacement screws

I can't comment on adjustment as I only feel comfortable on shortscale, I have small hands and short arms and a big belly so whilst a full size P is more comfortable than a J it's still too far a reach and too awkward, and resting bass on right thigh is uncomfortable as it forces a twist in the back, with shortscale I can play on a strap sitting or standing comfortably. A good strap is all it takes if there's any neck dive, but my CV Mustang and Sandberg Lionel don't dive and the FSR Mustang while it does slightly dive compared to the CV (different body woods, different factory, the FSR is 1 1/2lb lighter than the CV, poplar body instead of Nato) with the right strap it is no problem. I might stick some hipshots on it.

Mustangs are in the P territory sonically but have their own vibe, I have Nordstrands in one of them, stock Squier in the other. The Lionel has a P pickup it's like a maple board Fender in tone with a pauferro board on it. All of mine have pauferro boards, I would like a rosewood board neck, I'd like a JMJ but hate the fake relic finish, but the instruments sound great (unique pickups not for sale) and the neck feels good and the headstock with the hipshot tuners mean fitting a d-tuner on the E string is easily done, and lolipops are cool.

Strings make a big difference, I've LaBella tapes on the Lionel and there's so much variety in tone available, LaBella Mustang flats on the CV and Fender rounds on the FSR, will be changing these to some sort of flat soon as I don't need or want the brightness of rounds, but might try Chromes as they seem to be very highly rated and I have never tried them.

Flats being higher tension feel perhaps more like full scale strings, but if you are a vibrato/bender style player the lower tension of rounds on a short scale might be your thing.

I have made three more attempts to contact Sandberg by email, using their website, service@ and home@ email addresses and still no reply. Why bother having a contact form on the website and hiding your sales phone number ?

Any company that is only open to using social media for customer contact can do one afaic

I'd say it's typical big company arrogance, their way or no way.

What's the point of having a configurator if you won't discuss the details with the customer.

If they can't be bothered to deal with a potential individual customer in order to make a sale they are unlikely to be responsive once they have the customer's money. If they replied and said I need to go through Bass Direct or another dealer they are happy to use as intermediary I'd understand that but no reply at all ? wtf

I love the Lionel fretless but they won't be getting my money for a fretted one, they have lost a sale, I'd much rather give my money to a UK luthier who will actually appear to be interested in making me an instrument, or even give Fender too much money for a JMJ with a finish I hate but a pickup and neck I like 😲🙃

Is the VS4 a pauferro fingerboard ? 

If you believe in tone from wood then you might think it will always sound different to a rosewood board fender neck - maybe no point changing stuff, just play them, and if they don't give you pleasure then sell them

On 26/02/2024 at 21:50, stewblack said:

Has it arrived?

Arrived today, Royal Mail delivered it, no charges as yet, though customs label shows sales of goods and full price of the unit so surprised at that - have Royal Mail/DHL/DP got some sort of deal sorted, or have they just given up collecting for HMRC, there's no VAT number for JPTR FX on the label. 

Anyway it is a mental pedal, and very loud, not sure how you'd use it musically, that's for my friend to find out, so many knobs including the big one with no name just a moon symbol plus the momentary button and an expression pedal option, but what that does I know not, there's no instructions, no suggested settings though some, sort of useful, interactive demos on Loopy Demos website

came with a bunch of stickers plus the circuit board business card, does anyone have a link for wiring and component populating it to make a pedal or incorporate it into an instrument ?

'reserved' for a mate of the salesperson (or him/herself even) perhaps, not actually deposit paid, perhaps